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From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Supervision of internet blogs will be tightened, the State Council has announced, while one of the mainland’s most popular liberal chat-room forums has been told to tone down comments on sensitive topics in further signs of increased control of the internet. Chat room website Cat898.com published […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: With his charisma, erudition and dedication to human rights, Cardinal Zen has become a celebrity here, a man wielding considerable political influence as well as religious power. But his high profile and growing influence have antagonized senior officials in mainland China, particularly those who oversee the state-controlled church. His elevation […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Japan, South Korea and China on Wednesday all condemned North Korea’s missile tests, but regional analysts doubt the launchings will bridge big gaps between the regional powers on how to handle North Korea. The military exercise strained relations between North Korea and all its neighbors. Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via CNet News: Gone are the days when global electronics giants could dump last year’s wares on China, counting on a nation of gadget hillbillies to buy the world’s leftovers. The world’s most populous nation has evolved into a leading electronics market, with newly wealthy consumers snapping up everything from the latest mobile […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: Chinese authorities arrested a reporter from Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper and held him for five hours for conducting “illegal interviews” with villagers about a dam project in the southwestern province of Yunnan. The journalist, Georg Blume, was detained by two police patrols in the village of Xiao Shaba after he interviewed farmers near […]
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